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Connect Live Stock Quotes, Technicals & Options Greeks to Claude & Cursor (MCP)

Add 8 token-efficient financial market tools to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and OpenCode over Streamable HTTP (https://api.apextick.com/mcp).

When AI coding assistants and chat agents try to analyze equities or options using generic web search or raw REST JSON endpoints, two things go wrong:

  1. Context Window Bloat: A raw 500-contract options chain or multi-year OHLCV JSON payload consumes 15,000+ tokens in a single turn.
  2. Hallucinated Multiples & Missing Greeks: Web search snippets mix stale P/E ratios from different quarters and never include live Black-Scholes Delta, Gamma, Theta, or Vega.

ApexTick MCP Server in Claude Desktop

The ApexTick MCP Server (https://api.apextick.com/mcp) is purpose-built for LLM tool calling: it aggregates quotes, valuation ratios, technical indicators, earnings surprises, and options chains server-side and returns compact, deterministic Markdown tables that cut token usage by 70–80%.

All 8 Native MCP Tools

Tool NameWhat It Computes Server-SidePlan
get_quoteConsolidated price, session change %, day range, 52-week range, and abbreviated volume (52.3M).Hobbyist ($0)+
analyze_tickerConcurrent quote + fundamental valuation multiples (P/E, P/B, P/S, ROE, ROA, TTM revenue, profit margin, dividend yield, beta).Trader Pro+
explain_price_moveCorrelates today's price move (in ATR multiples) with RSI-14, SMA-20/50/200 distance, MACD, and recent/upcoming quarterly earnings surprises.Trader Pro+
get_watchlist_briefBatches up to 20 symbols (AAPL, MSFT, NVDA, BTC-USD, ...) into one Markdown table and computes breadth (up / down / flat).Trader Pro+
search_tickersSearches 66,400+ global equities, ETFs, indices, FX pairs, and crypto symbols by name or prefix.Quant & Community+
get_price_historyHistorical OHLCV bars (1m to 1mo) with optional corporate events (earnings surprises, dividends, stock splits).Quant & Community+
screen_marketScreens top gainers, losers, volume leaders (with GICS sector and min_market_cap filters), and high-IV options contracts.Quant & Community+
get_options_chainOptions chain filtered by expiration, strike range, and call/put type with analytical Black-Scholes Greeks (IV, Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega).Quant & Community+

60-Second Setup by Client

First, grab your API key (dk_…) at dash.apextick.com/register.

1. Claude Code (CLI)

Shell
claude mcp add --transport http apextick https://api.apextick.com/mcp \
  --header "apikey: $APEXTICK_API_KEY"

2. Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apextick": {
      "url": "https://api.apextick.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "apikey": "${env:APEXTICK_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apextick": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote@latest",
        "https://api.apextick.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "apikey:${APEXTICK_API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APEXTICK_API_KEY": "dk_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example High-Leverage Prompts to Try

Once connected, paste any of these prompts into Claude or Cursor:

  • Multi-Ticker Valuation & Momentum Brief:

    "Use get_watchlist_brief and analyze_ticker to compare NVDA, AMD, AVGO, and MSFT on P/E, ROE, profit margin, and distance from their 52-week high."

  • Catalyst & Technical Attribution:

    "Call explain_price_move on NVDA and summarize how today's move compares to its 14-day ATR, its 20/50/200-day moving averages, and its most recent earnings surprise."

  • Options Yield & Delta Screening:

    "Use get_options_chain on SPY and NVDA to compare 30-to-45 DTE call options with Delta between 0.20 and 0.35, ranked by annualized premium yield and implied volatility."

For full tool schemas and parameter tables, see the ApexTick MCP Server Reference or clone the open-source apextick/apextick-starter-kit repository.